VERY interesting report, thanks Godfrey ! 2007/1/31, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It's difficult to judge the performance of the v1.0 release version > by running the v4.1 beta release. In addition, the Windows version in > v4.1 beta isn't as well tuned as the Mac OS X version ... the latter > had about a year's more development/optimization time when the > Windows version was released and they haven't posted more than one > Public Beta version update for the Windows product, while there were > at least three for the Mac OS X version. I suspect they've been > tuning and testing the Windows version rather a lot more than is > visible with the public beta. > > There is far greater variability in quality and performance between > hardware platforms in the Windows marketplace compared to the Mac OS > X marketplace. > > I try to keep at least 20-30% free space on my working system's boot > drive for best performance. That's what all the backup data drives > are for. ;-) Both Windows XP and Mac OS X are virtual memory OS > systems and do a lot of back and forth to the drives when using > large, complex image processing applications. Total RAM, speed of the > drives and free space all combine to influence performance in big ways. > > Just for reference with Lightroom v4.1 Beta ... > > All my systems are running Mac OS X v10.4.8. > > - Running on a PowerMac G5 2.0Ghz DP with 3G RAM and a 500Gbyte drive > with 200Gbyte free space. > > I've been using Lightroom v4.1 beta for two months on a regular > basis. Last import was 8500 DNG files, imported by reference. That > took about 45 minutes, complete. Total number of files in the Library > now is around 28,000. I've seen no slowdowns and performance > switching image files is pretty snappy, all controls operate smoothly > and without hesitation. > > - Running on a Mac Book with 2.0Ghz Intel dual core and 2G RAM, 60G > drive with 30G free space: > > With 100 files on board, performance seems very similar to the Power > Mac G5 above. This isn't my machine so I can only test on it > occasionally. > > - Running on a PowerBook G4 1.67Ghz with 1.5G RAM and an 80Gbyte > drive with 20Gbyte free space: > > Imported 250 DNG files by reference, took about 10 minutes. Total in > the Library now comes to about 380 files. Performance with the > trackpad is a little unresponsive ... I find it easier and more > precise to use the arrow keys in the Develop module. No particular > slowdowns, but you can definitely see that the single processor/older > chip configuration leaves a bit to be desired. The same differential > in performance is easily visible when running Photoshop CS2+Bridge > +Camera Raw. > > Godfrey > > > > On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:29 PM, Thibouille wrote: > > > Yes I can second that. > > On my old PC (my laptop is modern but not hte other PC) which is > > AthlonXP 2GHz, 768 RAM etc... Lightroom is VERY slow. To the point > > that when it begins to rebuild its thumbnail database (every program > > start.. don't ask me why it acts like that) my computer is simply > > unusable. > > > > My laoptop being dual core, it is usable, slower due to disc access, > > but usable. However I wouldn't want a final product to behave as the > > beta does, for sure. > > > > 2007/1/31, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I had similar experiences and from my reading on the boards, many > >> people have the same problems. I know that if I would load the > >> program and walk away for about 20 minutes, it would cache things and > >> I don't know what else, but would run at a reasonable speed after > >> that > >> - not blazingly fast, but tolerable. Sorry to offer no help, but I > >> can sympathize with your experience. The product itself is rather > >> slick and quite capable. I may look again when it is released, but I > >> finally gave up on the beta due to performance. > >> > >> -- > >> Bruce > >> > >> > >> Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 9:21:09 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> BL> I send my questions and concerns ;-). > >> > >> BL> Folks, I've imported about 350 images to LR beta 4. This is > >> all my K10D > >> BL> stuff that I shot so far. My PC at home is running Win XP (not > >> 64 bit) > >> BL> and hardware is Athlon 64 at rated 2800+ with 1.5 GB RAM on > >> board. Not > >> BL> the fastest, but not a slouch either. > >> > >> BL> Now, if I have an image in the Develop pane and try to open > >> another > >> BL> image it takes ages. I see CPU jumpin' up to 100% for quite > >> some time. > >> BL> Also some of the more subtle adjustments such as individual color > >> BL> correction seem to be very unresponsive... > >> > >> BL> What is it I am doing wrong? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
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